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Let's change the world! Leveraging participatory culture in the online classroom for powerful learning

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Let's change the world!

Leveraging participatory culture

in the online classroom for powerful learning

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Over 1,000

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“...on average, students in online learning conditions

performed better than those receiving face-to-face classes.”

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Impossible!

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I knew it!

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The effectiveness of online learning is tied to

learning time, curriculum, pedagogy,

and opportunities for collaboration

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Online learning can be enhanced by giving

learners control of their interactions with media

http://openreflections.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/rip-a-remix-manifesto.jpg

http://voicethread.com/share/704030/

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Online learning can be enhanced by prompting

learner reflection

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What are your participatory cultures?

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Participatory Culture & The New Media Literacies

• Play• Performance• Simulation• Appropriation• Multitasking• Distributed Cognition• Collective Intelligence• Judgment• Transmedia Navigation• Networking• Negotiation• Visualization

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Play• the capacity to experiment with one’s

surroundings as a form of problem-solving

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Performance• the ability to adopt alternative identities for the

purpose of improvisation and discovery

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Simulation• the ability to interpret and construct dynamic

models of real-world processes

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Appropriation• the ability to meaningfully sample and remix

media content

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Multi-tasking• the ability to scan one’s environment and shift

focus as needed to salient details

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Distributed Cognition• the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that

expand mental capacities

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Collective Intelligence• the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes

with others toward a common goal

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Judgment• the ability to evaluate the reliability and

credibility of different information sources

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Transmedia Navigation• the ability to follow the flow of stories and

information across multiple modalities

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Visualization• the ability to interpret and create data

representations for the purposes of expressing ideas, finding patterns, and identifying trends

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Negotiation• the ability to travel across diverse communities,

discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms

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Networking• the ability to search for, synthesize, and

disseminate information

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Networking• ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate

information

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Educator Networks In and Around

Second Life

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1,550 members

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Professional Presentations

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Hosting formal and informal social events

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Teach people how to build

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Social Network Knowledge

Construction

Pedagogical framework

Develops “avatar capital”

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EDTECH Island ThenJanuary 2007

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EDTECH Island NowSeptember 2009

• 12 graduate courses, $200K tuition

• 8 instructors, multiple Gas

• Avg. 450 unique visitors per week

• Numerous guest speaker events

• “Home” to over 50 international educators

• EDTECH Community group over 1,500 members

• Sandbox, classrooms, amphitheater, and learning centers open to the public

• CAVE Island – Partnership with AECT, iNACOL & ARVEL SIG

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Leading Students in the Global Network

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I appreciate your contributions!